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February 28, 2008 at
7:33 AM

The spring training season kicks off today with exhibitions against Boston College and Northeastern. Many prospects and minor leaguers should see significant playingtime. Here are the expected line-ups:

In other minor league news, Bartolo Colon reported to camp overweight, even for him, although he claims that his arm feels good – look for him to pitch on March 9 and start the regular season in Extended Spring Training … Gordon Edes writes a nice piece on Zak Farkes, who grew up a Red Sox fan on Beacon Street, and who has been working on his catching skills this spring with Varitek and Mirabelli … Amalie Benjamin gets to know Justin Masterson ... Baseball America’s recently published Top 100 Prospects List includes seven Red Sox, tied with Tampa Bay for most of any one team: 4. Buchholz; 13. Ellsbury; 40. Lars Anderson; 64. Masterson; 73. Lowrie; 94. Michael Bowden; and 96. Ryan Kalish.